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Switch 2: Switch Harder

I'm assuming that Nintendo will have to provide all of the "virtual console" stuff right from the off with their online subscription scheme... won't they? Surely we won't go through a "drip-feed" process again?

I'm also wondering if this could be a chance for Nintendo to update the sub service for Switch+ and make it into a "Game Pass". Imagine if Nintendo"s own games were included; things like Super Mario Bros Wonder launching straight into it!

Also... game pricing. We've had a few years where Nintendo has - unbelievably! - been the cheaper option for "AAA" titles, with Switch games being £49.99 (Zelda and Smash £59.99) whilst PS5 and Xbox Series games are £69.99. I'm guessing that Switch+ games will be £69.99... or higher?

jawa_ wrote:Also... game pricing. We've had a few years where Nintendo has - unbelievably! - been the cheaper option for "AAA" titles, with Switch games being £49.99 (Zelda and Smash £59.99) whilst PS5 and Xbox Series games are £69.99. I'm guessing that Switch+ games will be £69.99... or higher?

Who is paying top whack for any PS5 or Xbox game? You can't help but pay the Nintendo prices for their 1st party games, but I'm yet to pay more than £40 for any PS5 game.

Preezy wrote:Who is paying top whack for any PS5 or Xbox game? You can't help but pay the Nintendo prices for their 1st party games, but I'm yet to pay more than £40 for any PS5 game.

Yeah, if you wait a few months then you can get disc versions of PS5 games cheaper... but that doesn't alter the release pricing. I think most of us will feel the pinch once console games are all download only; discounts are often far more meagre, especially in the shorter term.

Isn't there a new Switch successor every year?

why are these rumours getting their own thread? i thought we had a dedicated rumour thread

Preezy wrote:

jawa_ wrote:Also... game pricing. We've had a few years where Nintendo has - unbelievably! - been the cheaper option for "AAA" titles, with Switch games being £49.99 (Zelda and Smash £59.99) whilst PS5 and Xbox Series games are £69.99. I'm guessing that Switch+ games will be £69.99... or higher?

Who is paying top whack for any PS5 or Xbox game? You can't help but pay the Nintendo prices for their 1st party games, but I'm yet to pay more than £40 for any PS5 game.

You can get cheaper than Nintendo's pricing too-you can find TOTK for £48 at the moment quite easily and Pikmin 4 for £40.

Physically only though. Digital you're more tied into Nintendo's pricing.

shy guy 64 wrote:why are these rumours getting their own thread? i thought we had a dedicated rumour thread

Just sit back and go with it, shy guy. You never know, you might enjoy it.

ITSMILNER wrote:I’d be so pissed off as would the other millions of Switch owners if the next console was not BC

Also, sucks if it’s not an OLED

Welcome to Club U

jawa_ wrote:I'm assuming that Nintendo will have to provide all of the "virtual console" stuff right from the off with their online subscription scheme... won't they? Surely we won't go through a "drip-feed" process again?

Oh you sweet summer child

Hypes wrote:

ITSMILNER wrote:I’d be so pissed off as would the other millions of Switch owners if the next console was not BC

Also, sucks if it’s not an OLED

Welcome to Club U

jawa_ wrote:I'm assuming that Nintendo will have to provide all of the "virtual console" stuff right from the off with their online subscription scheme... won't they? Surely we won't go through a "drip-feed" process again?

Oh you sweet summer child

Switch owners to wii u owners: stop moaning about wii u ports, it's great new people get to buy these games!!!!

Switch 2 owners to switch owners: stop moaning about Switch ports, it's great new Switch+ owners get to experience these games!!!!

Victor Mildew wrote:

Hypes wrote:

ITSMILNER wrote:I’d be so pissed off as would the other millions of Switch owners if the next console was not BC

Also, sucks if it’s not an OLED

Welcome to Club U

jawa_ wrote:I'm assuming that Nintendo will have to provide all of the "virtual console" stuff right from the off with their online subscription scheme... won't they? Surely we won't go through a "drip-feed" process again?

Oh you sweet summer child

Switch owners to wii u owners: stop moaning about wii u ports, it's great new people get to buy these games!!!!

Switch 2 owners to switch owners: stop moaning about Switch ports, it's great new Switch+ owners get to experience these games!!!!

Everyones strawberry floating doing it because *whispers* NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO MAKE MANY AAA TITLES ANYMORE.

DML wrote:Everyones strawberry floating doing it because *whispers* NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO MAKE MANY AAA TITLES ANYMORE.

Why are you whispering in capital letters?

Can't wait for the Nintendo Switchty Four

I only ever play docked so a cheaper, screenless version would be nice. Unlikely, but nice.

Octoroc wrote:I only ever play docked so a cheaper, screenless version would be nice. Unlikely, but nice.

I do wonder why they’ve not done this really, could offset the portability function by putting more storage into it as well. Reckon there is quite a lot of people who’d opt for such a model as well, could replace the Switch Lite as the cheaper option to play Switch games as well, of course a little functionality would be lost (touch screen, but I can’t think of many games where that’s been essential so far).

Robbo-92 wrote:

Octoroc wrote:I only ever play docked so a cheaper, screenless version would be nice. Unlikely, but nice.

I do wonder why they’ve not done this really, could offset the portability function by putting more storage into it as well. Reckon there is quite a lot of people who’d opt for such a model as well, could replace the Switch Lite as the cheaper option to play Switch games as well, of course a little functionality would be lost (touch screen, but I can’t think of many games where that’s been essential so far).

Every new model you bring to market brings with it additional cost. I suspect they did a handheld only and not a docked only because they felt the former would open up a new market and therefore the additional sales whereas the latter wouldn't.

Octoroc wrote:I only ever play docked so a cheaper, screenless version would be nice. Unlikely, but nice.

Same. Bloody annoying, having to pay for a screen that sits behind my TV and is never used.

Tomous wrote:

Robbo-92 wrote:

Octoroc wrote:I only ever play docked so a cheaper, screenless version would be nice. Unlikely, but nice.

I do wonder why they’ve not done this really, could offset the portability function by putting more storage into it as well. Reckon there is quite a lot of people who’d opt for such a model as well, could replace the Switch Lite as the cheaper option to play Switch games as well, of course a little functionality would be lost (touch screen, but I can’t think of many games where that’s been essential so far).

Every new model you bring to market brings with it additional cost. I suspect they did a handheld only and not a docked only because they felt the former would open up a new market and therefore the additional sales whereas the latter wouldn't.

Which is understandable given the popularity of the standard Switch.

rinks wrote:

Octoroc wrote:I only ever play docked so a cheaper, screenless version would be nice. Unlikely, but nice.

Same. Bloody annoying, having to pay for a screen that sits behind my TV and is never used.

It's amazing how folk have starkly different preferences for using the Switch! Personally I'm a 90% handheld guy for Switch but it's clear that others - such as you two folk! - strongly favour the TV option. I'm guessing that you're just not into handheld gaming?

jawa_ wrote:

rinks wrote:

Octoroc wrote:I only ever play docked so a cheaper, screenless version would be nice. Unlikely, but nice.

Same. Bloody annoying, having to pay for a screen that sits behind my TV and is never used.

It's amazing how folk have starkly different preferences for using the Switch! Personally I'm a 90% handheld guy for Switch but it's clear that others - such as you two folk! - strongly favour the TV option. I'm guessing that you're just not into handheld gaming?

I've been a keen user of previous Nintendo handhelds, and as you know, I'm a big fan of the Evercade. But given the choice between the Switch's modes, docked is always preferable for me. Handheld, it's just that bit too heavy for comfort, and the cramped controls are a design-led compromise.